Water-skate.



G. HALBOW. WATER SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1912.

1,057,781. Patented Apr. 1, 191s.-

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' '0 all may, concern d Be it kn wn thatI', Gnsmv Hxnaow, a SI 1l Jj eot;of -fthe Emperor of Germany, and

Q a;.residentaofg New;.York, borough. of Brook- 5,lyn, ;county of.Kings, and; State of New ,1 York, have inventedieertaiu new anduseful Improvements in Water-Skates, of which the'following is a fuIL-clear, and exact? description.,

,10 This inventionrelates'tb certain improvementsin; devices- --means of whicha per- -,sonmay.-skate or. g ide on water in a manner somewhat' similar to skating 'on ice; and 1oneiof the principalbbjectsofthe invention is topro'vide a simple device of this char actor wh-icl1- willibe simplein construction and, which"f ;will support. a .'COIISidGI&bl.6 weight.' l

Another object ofi the Invention is to proreadilysteered, org guided so that the 0p eratorlmay easily'.1travel in the desired dinflection 1 Thereare-othergimpertant objects and advantages;.ofjthe-invention, all of which will -j'appear hereinafter-.1;-

' In'ltlieidi'awinglFigure 1 is a plan view of.' the. ;device-; a side elevation theret' foffFig;3"' a transverse sectional view on the .line III -JII of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 a detail- *justing the float or skate.

Referring to the various parts by numorals, 1 and 2 designate a pair of long narrow floats preferably pointed at their ends as shown clearly in plan view in Fig.

. "sectional flviewfshowing the means for ad- 3. These floats are hollow, as shown in Fig.

, 3, and may be of any suitable material and construction, They are preferably propor- ,tione'd to float and sustain a considerable "weight. Each float isfprovided with upwardly extending rods. 3, said rods being Y located substantially midway between the ends of the floats. These rods at their up- '--;4 "per ends carry foot plates 4. To the under 5 side of each foot plate is'rigidly secured inwardly extendingbars 5', the inner ends of which are hinged at 6 to a slide plate 7.

Eacli slide plate is provided with depend- W ing-slidesB which are adapted to receive longitudinally extending horizontal slide rods ,9, soxthat said lates are adapted to reciprocate upon said rods. The ends of the slide rods 9 are rigidly secured in end 455 frames'-l0 ,seid frames having the ooved I ;wheels'11journa1ed within them. eslide secured. It is, therefore,

vide a device of this .kindwhieh may be.

.they are of suflicient to place the foot floats are of sufiicient size to was 9 are of considerable length hut-fare somewhat shorter than the .tloats or skates 1 and 2. An endless bandvorcordl2- passes a'r'oundthe grooved wheels l'landlongitudinally of the slide the slide rods. The slide; plates 7- 'are, provided with depending connectors l3vgto which the endless band 12 is. permanently one of the'slide the other late will be moved rearwardly a cor'respon ing extent. Tofnormallymaintain the slide plates midway between the end frames 10, coil springs 14" are placed around the band 12 between each endirame" and the connectors 8 of the -slide plates. These springs being thusconfined normally tend tocenter the slideplates. The springs '14 are light and maybe readily compressed so that they do not ofier any Y along the slide rods, while atthejsamej-tinie return the slide platestottheir nom naleenmanifest tha if plates is moved forwardly frame midway between V t excessive ,re sistance torthe movement of the slideplates strength to gradually tral positions; It is manifest that th r in12 always be one spring exerting; an influence upon each slide to return ittOf its normal position.

,. To the outer edgeot plates 4 is secured an-upwardly extending hand rail 15, said railgbeing carriedrtog-- a suflicient height to permit thefopefatoiuto readily grasp the same without stooping or bending, to any material extent, from a ver tical position. Extending through suitable openings in the bars 5 and screwing into the slide plates 7 are adjusting screws 16 by means of which the angular relation of the,

bars 5 and the slide plates may bearegulated. By adjusting the screws'16' totplace I the bars 5 so that they extend upwardly and outwardly with. respect to the ,slide plates, the float-carrying bars wille-xtend downwardly and outwardly. It'is desirable plates and floatslnormally in this angular position so that when the weight of the user is. placed on the foot plates the tendency will be to bring the foot plates to a horizontal position, the floats being depressed slightly. Of course, if the prevent-{any material change in'their position when; the

weight of the operator is placed thereon it wouldbe unnecessary to place themin the angular position described, and. the bars 3 wlll remain vertically or substantially wertical at alltimes. The adjusting screws 16 are provided so that the angular position b of the floats will be adjusted to' bring'the m to a vertical position when the weight of] 20 whose lower-end is suitably connected to the cross bar19. It is manifest that by moving the steering lever in the properdirectionthe rudder 17 will beproperly turned to guide the skate or float to which it is attached. It is manifestthat this steering devicemay be arranged on bothv of the.

skates or-floats if it be desired;

In operat-ingthe device, the user stands on the foot plates 4: and grasps the hand v rails 15. He then moves one foot forward normally tend to' return the slide plates to v carrying with; it the foot plate and the at-' tached-fioat. VHe then brings .forwardtheother foot and thefoot plate engaged there-- by and the float attached to said foot plate.- This operation is repeated, the userrslidin'g first the one footforward and then: the. other. .The springs surrounding the cord12 their normal central positions and consequently tend to bring .the floats into a position d rectly opposite each other so that the two floats are-automatically returned to a position adapted to furnish the most stable supp mt for the user.-

It is manifest that the posts 3 between the 1 foot plates and the'flcats may be of any desired height and that the slide-rods 9 may be of any desired length. It is also manifest thatany suitable form of devices for adjusting the angular positions-of the plates 7 andthe bars maybe employed. I claim- 1., The combination'of a pair of reciprom cable floats, means for maintaining said 'fioats parallel and "guiding them in their reciprocable movement, foot 'rests carried by said floats, and means for varying the angular regulation-10f said] floats tofeach other; i p y 2: f The combination of a pair of floats,

v foot rests carried thereby, slide :PlatQSCODr nected to said foot plates, slide bars for each of said slide plates, and an endless band connecting said slide plates together, substan ti'ally as described and for the purposes ,set'

, forth 3. The combination of a pair of fioats,. foot rests carried thereby, slide platescon nected to said foot plates, slide bars for each 'ofsaidslide plates, an endless bfand con .necting said slide plates together, and means for normally returning theslide platesto a position. directly opposite each other on the slide bars.

A, The combination of." a air of floats,

foot plates carried jthereby,sl1de plates con.-'

nected to the foot plates, a pair of slide bars for each of said slide plates, end frames cons nected to the ends of the slidebars, a Wheel carried by each of said frames, an endless band extending around said wheels and com I .nectedito the slide plates, and springs for normally returning the I slide plates to 'cen-v tral positions between theend frames! This specifi tion signed and witnessed Bth'day' of November, A, D. 19121 eus nlv "EHALBOWJ Witnesses:

C. BAn'rELs, LESTER C. TAYLOR. 

